J.J. Abrams Discusses The Most Disturbing Moment in the STAR WARS Saga
Have you ever thought about what the most disturbing aspect of the Star Wars saga might be… other than the prequel trilogy? To be honest, I’ve never really thought about that until now. In an interview with EW, director J.J. Abrams he revealed what he thinks is one of the most jaw-dropping-moments in the movie.
“The most jaw-dropping-est thing to me, in retrospect, is that moment in Episode IV when Leia is being held and Vader goes in to torture her for information... When you think of it later, it’s like, ‘Oh my God, that’s his daughter.’ He’s going to torture his own daughter. At the time, it’s just scary. Then it gets just really creepy when you think about it. Oh my god, that's the worst. It’s horrible.”
Yeah, that is pretty damn insane. Darth Vader sure was a sinister asshole. How can anyone torture their own daughter!? The question is, did Vader know Leia was his daughter? I always assumed that he would have had to know somewhere deep down inside of him. But maybe he didn’t, but that doesn’t make it ok to torture anyone, especially a young woman.
This act really shows how evil of a villain Vader really was. Well, that, and blowing up an entire planet full of innocent people.